Its been awhile....For over three years I collected and shared an exclusive B&W circle. This circle "was" one of the most shared on G+ for awhile. I would share it once a month with everyone as a part of my personal desire to share more quality B&W images and photographers. The requirement for being in this circle was that the photographer shot at least 60% B&W images (I tend to shoot 80%).There are some excellent photographers and friends here. I encourage you to take a look at their work. While I know that bulk circle sharing is a thing of the past or no longer the norm on G+ (which is a shame) I wanted to re-share a collection of truly inspirational people.You wont be disappointed. Re-share if you like their work</david>﻿

This is a good circle. all of account on this circle is OnNow you can ADD People From this CircleBefor you ADD This people to your Circle, You must Vote g+ on my Blog please.> vote g+ on this link : https://plusone.google.com/u/0/_/+1/fastbutton?count=true&url=http://blog-kangramzi.blogspot.com/> After that. You can add this people to your CircleThank you#vote #sharedcircles #sharedpubliccircles #shared #circle #voteg+?﻿

My Inspirational CircleEver since I joined Google plus in the end of the year 2011 I have been looking for those special ones. Those people that inspired me...touched my soul with their work or made me laugh my pants off.It took me over 2 years to fill this circle up to 500 inspirators, but today... I finally added my last person. :)I will seek more of these in the future, don't worry, and this means I will have to share multiple circles from now on, but for now...these are the 500 most inspirational people on Google Plus for me.A great big Thank You to everybody in this circle for enriching my Google Plus experience and inspire and motivate me in becoming a better photographer.artist. #circleshare #circlesharing #circles ﻿

Sharing what I lovingly call my Spirituality Circle ...though there are certainly many more that perhaps should be included.If you'd like to be added, just let me know. Please feel free to share this Circle. #spirituality #sharedcircles #addme #addcircle #Trust #Faith #Spirit #Soul #enlightenment #ascension ﻿

New Public CircleThis is a public circle of people that would like to be circulated in order to discover new people with similar interest and to gain more followers, if you would like to be included please follow these steps.1. Follow/Add our page(this is needed in order for us to add you to the circle).2. Share the circle publicly.3. (Optional) if you would like to be include in a more specialized circle click on this link Note: If you share this circle, you can delete the previous one from your profile.#Circle #Circles #Public #PublicCircle #CircleShare #CircleSharing #SharePublicCircle #QSC #querosercirculado #circleoftheday #publicsharedcircles #publiccirclesproject #sharedcircleoftheday #fullcircleshare #addmetoyourcircles #awesomeness #awesomepeople #awesomecircle #awesome #awesomesauce #awesomeness #awesomepeople #sharedcircles #sharedpubliccircles #awesomesauce#круг #SecretSanta #circulo #cercle #ForFriends #photo #EarthMyMother ﻿

My Anti-Relevance CircleWith my sincerest apologies to these wonderful folk!Because there are so many posts about the 'Top 100' Relevant people according to Google's algorithm, I thought today, maybe it's time to see who the algorithm picks up. But after creating my top relevant people, I scratched my head: several names were missing! So I asked myself: How many relevant people does the algorithm fail to recognize? Maybe that's why I hadn't seen much of them on Google+ lately?I'll loosely define 'relevant' as people I could say a few sentences about them, their opinions, or their preferences offhand - and whose presence makes my Google+ experience worthwhile.The proportion is one I find staggering: just under 30% incorrect! For an algorithm that starts filtering out posts based on relevancy, an incorrectness rate of 30% is, in my opinion, extremely high and not very convenient. So my deepest apologies for my apparant non-attention in the past little while.Sure, the top 132 people were people I could all say a few sentences about (and whom I see regularly around Google+). Then someone whom I couldn't recognize popped into the algorithm. And then a somewhat discouraging gap... and then a number of folk whom I could also just as easily say a few sentences about, and who in my opinion should have been somewhere in or around that 'most relevant' region. I'll call this the 'Anti-Relevance' circle, because Google decided that these very relevant people weren't relevant anymore. So maybe that's why I don't see as many of their posts in the last little while... ah yes, the dark side of the algorithmic filter effect. Deciding who Big Data doesn't want me to read anymore. :(Edit: for completeness, my 'Relevant' circle is here: https://plus.google.com/112842631531364722564/posts/fSZYnTxaiYk/cc +Tony Lawrence - a special mention to you, because I know you don't appreciate being included in shared circles but this apology goes to you as well!﻿

Folks...It's that time again...Hey Google+It's my B&W circle share time! Each photographer in the circle is personally reviewed before being added. If you like B&W photography this is the circle of people to take a look at. PLEASE SHARE THIS CIRCLEPhotographersAre you a B&W shooter..? do you shoot over 40% of your images in B&W..? if so you need to be in this circle. Its one of the most shared on Google+.To learn what it takes to be included please visit this post:https://plus.google.com/u/0/112022983294967948367/posts/CvM99cDE1E9Thanks everyone, Enjoy !</david>﻿

Sharing my top circle of conceptual portrait people. These are my muses, and I love this circle. :-)Not in it? Perhaps I am not as familiar with your work as I should be. Please let me know if I should be looking at your images more often. I would expect those wanting to be a part of it to share the current one rather than claim sour grapes because they are not on it.Please share if you find them as inspirational as I do. I post updates to this circle quarterly.﻿

B&W Circle Share - Feb 5, 2013Hey Google+This is the largest B&W circle of photographers on Google+. Each photographer in the circle is personally reviewed before being added. If you like B&W photography this is the circle of people to take a look at. PLEASE SHARE THIS CIRCLEPhotographersAre you a B&W shooter..? do you shoot over 40% of your images in B&W..? if so you need to be in this circle. Its one of the most shared on Google+.To learn what it takes to be included please visit this post:https://plus.google.com/u/0/112022983294967948367/posts/CvM99cDE1E9Thanks everyone, Enjoy !</david>﻿

+Take2seconds to add..a few people from this social circle created by+Andrey Mashnich I'm sharing it because I've been following the majority of them for awhile, so I know you're going to find at least a couple of people your going to fall in love with their posts..Круг людей с активной жизненной позицией в Гугле+Сircle of people, with active life position in Google+ #ForFriends #photo #EarthMyMother Note I've added +Take2seconds to this circle :-))))Add your name and share the circle﻿

AWESOME CIRCLESome awesome people in my new edition of this circle. Add and Re-Share then Comment below if you believe you should be included !I keep names and faces "fresh" across all of my 11 circles, so please ask only if you are not already in any of my other circles. Thanks.Circles I am curating:21ST CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHERS (1&2), ALL KINDS, DISCOVERY, FULL CIRCLE,SOCIAL, ECLECTIC,ENGAGERS, AWESOME, NEW HORIZONS and BOOST#circleoftheday #circleshare #circlesharing #circlesharingforthepeopleplc #sharedcircles #sharedpubliccircles #sharedcircleoftheday #sharedcircleday #publiccirclesproject #publiccircles #publicsharedcircles #sharedpublicircles #circle #circles #awesomepeople #awesomecircle #sharedpoint #sharewithyou ﻿

Here is my top circle for portrait inspiration. If you are into portraits and need a muse or two, this circle is full of creativity and the stream is a pleasure to watch.There are a few non-portrait people that get my wheels turning, but for the most part these are people photographers. Creativity in lighting and post production is a key element here and you will find these people to be mentors in those areas.This is my top circle, and if you feel you know someone that should be part of it, please nominate and share this out.If you are in this circle it would be appreciated (but it isn't mandatory) if you would share it out to help portraits be a bigger part of G+. I am not a fan of making people share to be part of something. You are my muses and motivators and I learn more about myself as I explore and learn from your works.

"The" B&W Circle on Google+Everyone, its that time again (well I am a few days late) to share the B&W circle. Last month we had hit 500 officially. This month we are at 497 as some people had dropped off or quit using Google+.This circle is a selection of personally reviewed and selected photographers who shoot a large portion (40% or more) of their work in B&W.There are some excellent artists in this circle. I encourage you to take a look at their work and share the circle. This circle is in the top 100 shared on Google+ thanks to all of you.PLEASE SHARE THIS CIRCLEPhotographersAre you a B&W shooter..? do you shoot over 40% of your images in B&W..? if so you need to be in this circle. Its one of the most shared on Google+.To learn what it takes to be included please visit this post:https://plus.google.com/u/0/112022983294967948367/posts/CvM99cDE1E9Thanks everyone, Enjoy !</david>﻿

FINALLYI thought I would re-share this circle in celebration of it hitting 500. For over a year I have looked, reviewed and added people that excel at taking B&W photography. This isnt just a mass add circle. This is a collection of artists that focus on B&W and enjoy sharing.I have looked at every person in this circle and recommend them highly. If you like B&W work, this is a great circle to have.Thanks to everyone who has been with me and helped build this circle. I am constantly inspired by your work and enjoy sharing it with my followers and the Google+ community.</david>﻿

This is the Prototype of my ART SHARERS Circle:Its only the beggining, but i thought the best to improve the circle was just put it running. Only with your advises and mentions it can be a good one.Im not considering in here the Artists and Photographers, for those im still working on.Every ART SHARER is WELCOME, so if you want or think you should be in, please just comment below on the original post on my page, and don’t forget the main rule to be IN is to CREDIT your posts.It’s the first time im sharing one of my circles, sorry if i forgot someone and for any thing im doing in a wrong way…Please, fell free to MENTION, CRITICISE, SHARE and ADD if you see it’s a add value for you. If not, no problem… You will stay IN anyway.For any reason if you don’t want to be in, you just need to say it…SPECIAL THANKS to all the ones who helped me with is, sending me their own circles, by mentioning and for the advises. I will not tag all their names cause they are a lot. Sorry for that.. Anyway i want to detach the help of :+Gabrielle du Laurent +Artsoholic +Pascal Decaux +Leodor Selenier +Ovidiu Chera ..The ART SHARERS Circle, as the others still in “works”, will be shared once a week…Hugs Everybody…. And….Thank YOU very much !!!﻿

B&W Circle Share - September 2012Hey Google+This is the largest B&W circle of photographers on Google+. Each photographer in the circle is personally reviewed before being added. If you like B&W photography this is the circle of people to take a look at. Now at 462.PLEASE SHARE THIS CIRCLEPhotographersAre you a B&W shooter..? do you shoot over 40% of your images in B&W..? if so you need to be in this circle. Its one of the most shared on Google+.To learn what it takes to be included please visit this post:https://plus.google.com/u/0/112022983294967948367/posts/CvM99cDE1E9Thanks everyone, Enjoy !</david>﻿

This my first circle share of one of my circles - Feel free to re-share it.It's for those that are complaining that there's to much silence in their stream and for those sustaining the "ghost town theory"!Warning: by adding this circle you'll regret the silence you had before :-)I call this circle ... the *Silent" Circle. P.S. for hardcore (experienced) g+ users only !!!

Top 50 Getting Verified Soon (v1)who's getting the CheckOut of the hundreds of millions of folks using Google+, there are currently just 7,240 verified users. I'd like to indulge in a little Google Kremlinology. Specifically, I'm interested in how Google decides who to verify and when to do it. Yes, it's got a lot to do with notoriety, but it's basically a numbers game. Google has verified everyone with millions of followers, celebrity or not... and almost no one with just a few (except some former Google Buzz or Wave users). So there must be a line; pass a certain number of followers and you can be virtually guaranteed a check mark. I wondered, where is that line? And who's approaching it?The people in this circle, that's who.In collaboration with +Chris Macidis, who at my request developed the report I used as the basis of this circle, I present the top 50 people, ranked by follower count, who have not yet been verified. Being in this circle doesn't guarantee you'll be verified today or tomorrow, but mathematically, it's probably coming sometime soon--assuming you are who you claim to be!Fun facts about this circle:- Just 2 people have 1M+ followers but aren't yet verified.- Just 7 more people have 100k+ followers but aren't yet verified.- The person with the median follower count of the top 50 is +Varina Patel, at 57,609. This is a very simple but useful indicator: if you attract 57k followers or so, I think you can reasonably anticipate a checkmark on your profile page sometime soon.Last but not least: please don't take this circle too seriously. Follower count is not even remotely correlated with one's value as a human being. Neither is the oft-coveted Check. We're just having a little fun with the Google+ APIs here… using them to get a peek behind the curtains, and at the same time, showcase some pretty interesting folks that aren't often grouped together.Membership in this circle will change over time. No one gets into this one by asking nicely; you have to meet the criteria. Every now and then, as people move into or out of this circle, I'll reshare it. I'd encourage you to share it too.﻿

The LARGEST B&W circle on Google+Well, its that time again. Time to share the B&W circle. We are REAL CLOSE to 500 in this circle. After months of collecting and cultivating the circle is at 485.If you are a lover of B&W images, please take a moment to look over this circle of photographers. To be included each photographer must shoot at least 40% of their work in B&W or have a dedicated collection of quality B&W images here on Google+I encourage you to look at the work, comment and SHARE this circle. There are some fantastic photographers from all areas of the world here. I learn and enjoy their work and know you all will to.</david>﻿

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It's huge.That's what you're going to say after seeing this crystal-clear image of the universe. The picture of the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to our own, is comprised of a mind-boggling 1.5 billion pixels and was snapped from 2.5 million light years away by the powerful Hubble Space Telescope.The composite image is just a small section of the galaxy. Dazzling and jaw-dropping, the picture shows more than 100 million stars and allows astronomers to see individual stars in the galaxy for the first time. #Nasa To give you a better idea, the full picture consists of nearly 8,000 exposures taken from 411 locations and speeds through a 61,000-light-year-long stretch of galaxy. Each of those white dots is a sun. It's so big that it requires 600 high-definition televisions to see the whole image, according to USA Today.﻿

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It's huge.That's what you're going to say after seeing this crystal-clear image of the universe. The picture of the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to our own, is comprised of a mind-boggling 1.5 billion pixels and was snapped from 2.5 million light years away by the powerful Hubble Space Telescope.The composite image is just a small section of the galaxy. Dazzling and jaw-dropping, the picture shows more than 100 million stars and allows astronomers to see individual stars in the galaxy for the first time. #Nasa To give you a better idea, the full picture consists of nearly 8,000 exposures taken from 411 locations and speeds through a 61,000-light-year-long stretch of galaxy. Each of those white dots is a sun. It's so big that it requires 600 high-definition televisions to see the whole image, according to USA Today.﻿

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It's huge.That's what you're going to say after seeing this crystal-clear image of the universe. The picture of the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to our own, is comprised of a mind-boggling 1.5 billion pixels and was snapped from 2.5 million light years away by the powerful Hubble Space Telescope.The composite image is just a small section of the galaxy. Dazzling and jaw-dropping, the picture shows more than 100 million stars and allows astronomers to see individual stars in the galaxy for the first time. #Nasa To give you a better idea, the full picture consists of nearly 8,000 exposures taken from 411 locations and speeds through a 61,000-light-year-long stretch of galaxy. Each of those white dots is a sun. It's so big that it requires 600 high-definition televisions to see the whole image, according to USA Today.﻿

It's huge.That's what you're going to say after seeing this crystal-clear image of the universe. The picture of the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to our own, is comprised of a mind-boggling 1.5 billion pixels and was snapped from 2.5 million light years away by the powerful Hubble Space Telescope.The composite image is just a small section of the galaxy. Dazzling and jaw-dropping, the picture shows more than 100 million stars and allows astronomers to see individual stars in the galaxy for the first time. #Nasa To give you a better idea, the full picture consists of nearly 8,000 exposures taken from 411 locations and speeds through a 61,000-light-year-long stretch of galaxy. Each of those white dots is a sun. It's so big that it requires 600 high-definition televisions to see the whole image, according to USA Today.﻿

It's huge.That's what you're going to say after seeing this crystal-clear image of the universe. The picture of the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to our own, is comprised of a mind-boggling 1.5 billion pixels and was snapped from 2.5 million light years away by the powerful Hubble Space Telescope.The composite image is just a small section of the galaxy. Dazzling and jaw-dropping, the picture shows more than 100 million stars and allows astronomers to see individual stars in the galaxy for the first time. #Nasa To give you a better idea, the full picture consists of nearly 8,000 exposures taken from 411 locations and speeds through a 61,000-light-year-long stretch of galaxy. Each of those white dots is a sun. It's so big that it requires 600 high-definition televisions to see the whole image, according to USA Today.﻿___

What looks like a traditional statue of Buddha dating back to the 11th or 12th century was recently revealed to be quite a bit more. A CT scan and endoscopy carried out by the Netherlands-based Drents Museum at the Meander Medical Centre in Amersfoort, showed the ancient reliquary fully encases the mummified remains of a Buddhist master known as Liuquan of the Chinese Meditation School. While it was known beforehand the remains of a person were inside, another startling discovery was made during the scan: where the organs had been removed prior to mummification, researches discovered rolls of paper scraps covered in Chinese writing.

The Liuquan mummy has since been transported to Hungary where it will be on view at the Hungarian Natural History Museum through May of 2015.

Among some practicing Buddhists it’s been said that similar mummies “aren’t dead” but are instead in an advanced... more »

What looks like a traditional statue of Buddha dating back to the 11th or 12th century was recently revealed to be quite a bit more. A CT scan and endoscopy carried out by the Netherlands-based Drents Museum at the Meander Medical Centre in Amersfoort, showed the ancient reliquary fully encases the mummified remains of a Buddhist master known as Liuquan of the Chinese Meditation School. While it was known beforehand the remains of a person were inside, another startling discovery was made during the scan: where the organs had been removed prior to mummification, researches discovered rolls of paper scraps covered in Chinese writing.

The Liuquan mummy has since been transported to Hungary where it will be on view at the Hungarian Natural History Museum through May of 2015.

Among some practicing Buddhists it’s been said that similar mummies “aren’t dead” but are instead in an advanced state of meditation.http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/mummified-monk-found-inside-buddha-statue﻿___